ditadura

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictatura, from dictō.

Noun

ditadura f (plural ditaduras)

1. dictatorship

Related terms

• ditador

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dictadura (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra, dictātor (“chief magistrate”), from dictō (“to dictate, to prescribe”), from dīcō (“to say, to speak”), Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-e- (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.taˈdu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.taˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.taˈdu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.tɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [di.tɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Noun

ditadura f (plural ditaduras)

1. dictatorship (a government led by a dictator)

   Synonym: tirania

Related terms

• ditador
• ditar
• ditatorial
• ditatório
• dizer